Images of the Day

Pam Testroet and State Rep. Damon Baldone, D-Houma, dump ladybugs into containers during the ninth-annual Ladybug Ball at Southdown Plantation in Houma. 100,001 ladybugs were released during the annual event which included music and games. This year's event is scheduled for Saturday.

P.J. Domangue touches up the paint job on his Saints-themed boat, the
Maycie Brooke, Thursday in Chauvin.

Bill Nash, spokesman for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, speaks to reporters in Springfield, Mass., Thursday following an investigation that found 30 cases of priests accused of abuse who were transferred or moved abroad. Nash, who spoke outside the Springfield Diocese Catholic headquarters, and himself an abuse victim, called for accountability from the Catholic Church. He is holding a photograph of Father Mario Pezzotti, who is accused of raping Joe Callander in Massachusetts. The priest was later photographed with a group of children in Brazil.